By definition, if you find a woman completely unattractive, then there isn’t a problem.

But my guess is that any woman you find unattractive is probably unattractive in an absolute sense.

This situation then falls under my original assertion, “A single man and a single woman can definitely be friends without sexual tension, as long as at least one of them is gay or hideously unattractive.”

There is no tension between Penelope and I because I’m happily married, which puts me in the “not single” category.

As a married man, I am an honorary eunuch to other women, which makes me safe for platonic friendship (at least with those women who have some sense of morals).

On the other hand, Ben is definitely *not* married, so draw your own conclusions.

“Koo koo cachew, Mrs. Robinson…”

I kid, I kid.

I will endeavor to work in as many “Roman orgy” references as I can, but a lot depends on the questions that people ask!

I’m afraid that a tutor/student or teacher/student relationship is no bar to sexual tension. If anything, it probably adds to the provocation.

Boys everywhere fantasize about hot young teachers, and girls love handsome young professors.

When I was a tutor at Stanford, several of my female students developed crushes on me. (These were confirmed by either direct communication or from trusted sources)

Naturally, given the ethics involved, I never become romantically involved with any of my students while we had a professional relationship, but many of my colleagues did not show the same restraint!

Is the tutoring relation a way to relax the sexual tension?, or everybody is prone to the Oedipus complex?